Our Amazonas team called in this morning. They reported: our flight to Leticia was good, we arrived at 4:00, and spent the night at the JUCUM base. In teams we bought groceries for the week, washed and packed dishes/pots/pans to take with us to Guanabara III, with everyone working well together, helping out wherever needed and being a blessing. Everyone on the team is fine and strong. After some pool time at JUCUM we all slept well in the two houses for guys and gals, lulled by the sound of constant rain which started at midnight and hasn’t let up.
We have two urgent prayer concerns:
- Jhon’s wife Denelvis was taken to the ICU in Leticia last night. She was in the hospital 12 days ago with heart problems, and yesterday her condition got worse, with very high blood pressure and phlegm in her lungs.
Normally when our team visits, we are hosted by Jhon, his wife and two daughters, and two other missionary ladies who live in Guanabara III. Presently, only one missionary is in Guanabara III, as all the rest are in Leticia with Jhon’s wife. We’re not sure exactly how this will affect our plans.
- If the rain doesn’t let up enough, we may not be able to take the 1:00 boat from Leticia to Guanabara III this afternoon.
Pray also for good signals to be able to call and report. Yonahatan Ochoa recorded 2 WhatsApp messages at 10:15 last night, but the signal comes and goes, and the messages didn’t arrive in Bogotá until 7:51 this morning – after he successfully called in the report above. Once they get out to Guanabara III, getting a signal will be a challenge, as usual.
The reports from last night included:
The students on our team are very excited. When they had devotions last night, they were very excited and touched by the Lord. We are very open to what the Lord wants us to do this trip.
Tomorrow at 7:00 we’re going to the Brazilian Immigration office to get our passports stamped, then we’ll travel to Guanabara III.
Jhon Barrios and his family are Colombian New Tribes missionaries living in Guanabara III. They have lived there among the Tikuna tribe for more than 9 years. Pictures are from at least a year ago.
